I’ve recently got Void Linux running on an old laptop of mine. I’ve temporarily installed Qtile so I can run a web browser, but my aim is to use a Wayland compositor. (I know Qtile can be run under Wayland. It doesn’t work on my end.)
I’ve narrowed my choices down to 6 options:
- Weston
- Wayfire
- Enlightenment
- Hikari
- River
- LabWC
Which do you think would be best?
The only one on your list I’ve ever touched is Weston.
Feel free to ignore me if you’re married to that list but I’m a huge fan of Sway. I can’t imagine ever switching. It’s pretty much “i3: Wayland Edition”.
I can see not wanting to use it because it’s based on wlroots, though. The nonstandard wlroots extensions to the Wayland protocol are a bit controversial and have security implications. (Though no more security implications than X11, which I get doesn’t inspire confidence.)
Hum never heard about the wlroots nonstandard extensions, always thought they are following the protocol word by word… Going to search for those security implications.